Fri, Feb 10 2012
The resort village of Kamchiya, located 28 km southward from Varna, will attract significant investment to the tune of between 200 and 250 million euro over the next two or three years, Avren municipality mayor Krassimir Todorov said, as quoted by Bulgarian news agency (BTA).
The projected investment will add between 12 000 and 15 000 new beds to the capacity of the holiday compound, he added.
A new vacation complex will open doors in close proximity to Kamchiya village this year. It will deliver 200 apartments and 70 studios. Finance is secured by a British company, Todorov told media, without disclosing its name.
Investments will not be limited to tourism alone, with construction on the spaghetti factory in the nearby village of Zdravets due start in April, the mayor said. The investor is Korean company Sammi Sound Tech, which plans to export its produce to European markets.
Average market prices of homes in Sofia fell by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, according to the Raiffeisen Real Estate Index, as quoted by Klasa daily.
Proportionately, the number of transactions in leva increased as people reacted to speculation that the euro would disappear.
Nearly all banks are ready to finance between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the price of a home, provided it is a good building in a large city, Bulgarian daily says.
Property prices in Bulgaria were five to 10 per cent lower in 2011 than in 2010, while initial estimates for this year are that they will remain largely unchanged, with transactions remaining at ‘crisis levels’.
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranks 17th, report says, quoting Global Property Guide.